It is a good thing Donegal's Brian McElhinney almost certainly will not have read this before his dream of playing in the Masters at Augusta became reality today.
No European amateur has ever broken par in a round at the event in more than 100 attempts going all the way back to the inaugural tournament in 1934.
One way of looking at that, of course, is that 23-year-old McElhinney, who earned the chance by capturing the Amateur Championship at Birkdale last June, had nothing to lose when he partnered Tom Watson and Michael Campbell.
"It's definitely going to be exciting, but nerve-wracking as well," he said after his warm-up victory over Italian Edoardo Molinari, holder of the United States amateur title, in the Georgia Cup at the Golf Club of Georgia last week.
A member of the North West Club in County Donegal, McElhinney played in the 2004 and 2005 Opens, but bowed out at halfway each time.
Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey missed the cut by a single shot four years ago, while Gary Wolstenholme had the thrill of leading the Masters when he went to the turn in 33 in 1992 - playing with Arnold Palmer.
But that first sub-par round still eluded him. He came home in 39 for a 72 and crashed to a 79 the next day.
